As you’ve doubtless gathered, it’s basically Christmas and basically I’m out having various dinners because I’m so popular and that. Expect a low level of service over the period (although I’ll be around variously and it’s the final Schlag den Raab of the year on Saturday and Placebo are on it! So look out for that.), there’s not much news about anyway. However here are some things you might have missed:
- Pointless Celebrities on Saturday outrated Sports Personality of the Year in the overnights, the award show that middle-class ratings watchers said would beat the X Factor Final. Ha ha, no. Former host Jake Humphrey SHOWED HIS DISPLEASURE:
How can ‘Pointless Celebrities’ average a higher audience than Sports Personality this weekend?!? That is simply daft! #SPOTYIsLegendary
— Jake Humphrey (@mrjakehumphrey) December 16, 2013
- Paolo Bonolis’ agent has threatened they’ll stop making Avanti un Altro! if another Mediaset channel dares to put Big Brother on opposite it. AUA is frequently breaking its audience records. Ah! Italian television. Anyway, perhaps he can host a UK version, which would likely be terrible otherwise.
- We’re having a chat about The Genius series two here. It is, as ever, interesting.
- Wie is de Mol? begins on January 2nd. We have a page set up for it.
- De Slimste is BACK in the Netherlands! It’s only been a few months since the last series.
- The first Bother’s Bar Monthly Open poker game will be on January 5th. Registration is not yet open, but you can certainly join the poker club right now. Actually can I still call it an Open if you have to join a club for it? Never mind.
- And finally, we’re aware that regular punter and supplier of lots of feature material for this site Travis Penery has been very ill (as in intensive care ill) recently, and we wish him all the best for a speedy recovery.
Get well soon Travis!
My Christmas involves lots of audience visits! Millionaire tomorrow, The Cube and Deal Or No Deal both at the back end of January!
All shows that I don’t actually think will be around much longer sadly (Well Millionaire definitely won’t!)
Oh! I forgot about Millionaire! Like so many millions of others, etc.
Have a good time!
8 Out of 10 Cats renewed, and six more Cats Countdowns to come.
Absolutely awful news about Travis. Just horrible. If anyone is in touch with his family please do pass on Josephine and my condolences, for what little they’re worth.
News from VRT (Flemish broadcasting company):
-Twee tot de Zesde Macht returns for a 3rd series, and it might arrive early in the new year as they are now accepting applications.
-New Year’s Day 2014 starts off with a new quiz show, called “De Twaalfde Man” (The Twelfth Men). In five weeks to come, teams of eleven members (all of them related to each other) compete to win an all-inclusive trip to the World Cup in Brazil.
-Around two weeks later, Wauters vs. Waes, a game show in which Koen Wauters (a famous singer) duels with Tom Waes (a famous comedian) in a series of challenges, spread out over ten weeks. Broadcasters are VRT één and VTM, with one channel broadcasting the first five shows live and the second one the final five shows. The other channel will merely play catch-up.
Oh that’s interesting, is that in the Kenny vs Spenny/ Elton vs Simon style?
It gets even better: the public were given a chance to submit their own ideas, and ten of them are used, one per show.
Reflex (finally) premieres on BBC One on January 11 from 6:15-7:00 pm:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2014/02/Reflex.html
Ta, don’t fancy its chances at 45 minutes.
They said it was going to lead into The Voice last year, turns out they were right after all.